academy
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Science and mathematics use most of the letters of the Greek alphabet on a daily basis
They gave us lots of things like books and stuff like that. They also effected our way we write because they improved their writing system which made our writing system today have lots of improvement on our system. An example of literature from Ancient Greece is The Oddysey by Homer.
It did - via Roman then European culture. Think of architectural styles, plays, and new English technical words today are made up from Greek words - think of the psy- words, from the Greek letter psi. And of course the politics of democracy.
finis is associated to ancient Greece because its an ancient greek word!
There are no words in Greek that start with q but some have q in them
In a word, no, although many modern English words are derived from ancient Greek words, and both Greek and English are ultimately derived from the same ancient language, known today as Proto-Indo-European.
Science and mathematics use most of the letters of the Greek alphabet on a daily basis
We have Greek plays and architecture. Greek words are used to synthesise new words - eg the words beginning with psy... proto... hyper... anti... ante... etc etc
like academy is still used today as a learning place
They gave us lots of things like books and stuff like that. They also effected our way we write because they improved their writing system which made our writing system today have lots of improvement on our system. An example of literature from Ancient Greece is The Oddysey by Homer.
English has borrowed words from many different languages over the years, including Latin, French, and Germanic languages. This has enriched the language and given it a diverse vocabulary.
The words that mean ancient are archaeos, archaea, archaeo and in Greek αρχαίος, αρχαία, αρχαίο.
It did - via Roman then European culture. Think of architectural styles, plays, and new English technical words today are made up from Greek words - think of the psy- words, from the Greek letter psi. And of course the politics of democracy.
None of them do. There is no "w" in the Greek language.
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No, they did have letters to write their words.
There are many English words derived from the Ancient Greek language.These are a few:autobiograhy - book written about ones own life- comes from three greek words. 'Autos' is Ancient Greek for 'same', or '-self'. 'Bion' is Ancient Greek for 'life'. 'Graphein' is Ancient Greek for 'to write'.Ballistics - the study of projectiles, or things such as bullets shot from a weapon- comes from the Ancient Greek word 'Ballein' which means 'to throw (as with a weapon)' or 'to shoot'.Poet - one who writes poetry - comes from the Ancient Greek word 'poiein' which means 'to make, to create'.Angel - spiritual being who sometimes communicates to man, as in the first chapter of the gospel according to St. Luke - comes from the Ancient Greek word 'angelos' which means 'messanger'.Monotheism - belief in one god - comes from the Ancient Greek word 'monos' which means 'alone, only' and the Ancient Greek word 'theos' which means 'god'.By looking through an English dictionary or an Ancient Greek text book, you can find many more English words which come from the Ancient Greek language.